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[suityou01]

Ukraine: Leonid Kravchuk Warns of World War III and Vows to Take up Arms

This chap seems to think that it is the case, and I agree with him.

[doodab]

This chap seems to think that it is the case, and I agree with him.

Of course you do, because he agrees with you.

He also says he's going to grab a gun and fight them off. He's 80 years old. Bellicose rhetoric.

There is absolutely no one in a position of power on our side who has given even a whiff of a suggestion of military involvement. It is not going to happen. Get over it.

[MicrosoftBob]

Fortunately, I'm sorry to say you've been wrong on every prediction so far Suity.

This could be much bigger than the Crimea. Personally, I think it's unlikely to expand, except perhaps behind the scenes with a pro-Kremlin candidate managing to "legitimately" take the leadership of Ukraine.

As for what happens as the Russian economy suffers, that's another matter. The last I saw today, the Russian markets had already lost more than the costs of the Olympics. in just a day or so.

Who'd buy shares in Russian companies anyway, at least with bitcoins you know some of the exchanges aren't owned by the mafia

[suityou01]

Of course you do, because he agrees with you.

He also says he's going to grab a gun and fight them off. He's 80 years old. Bellicose rhetoric.

He's a former president of Russia FFS. I think he might know a thing or two about politics. This is why I believe him as a credible source, that talks sense.

You don't see what is hidden in plain sight.

[MicrosoftBob]

Ukraine: Leonid Kravchuk Warns of World War III and Vows to Take up Arms

This chap seems to think that it is the case, and I agree with him.

To be fair you think Alex Salmond makes reasoned arguments, your case is invalid

[DodgyAgent]

Putin is not stupid enough to attack the Baltic states. What he is doing is entirely driven by Russian self interest. The further he takes it the greater the risk of his policy being self defeating. He knows he can get away with Crimea. If he starts to extend his control deeper into Ukraine the greater will be the economic and political cost.

[doodab]

He's a former president of Russia FFS.

No he isn't, he's a former president of Ukraine, which puts him at about the same place on the believeability spectrum as Yanukovich.

And lest we forget, Boris Yeltsin was president of Russia. It's hardly a qualification as a credible analyst of the current situation.

[MicrosoftBob]

No he isn't, he's a former president of Ukraine, which puts him at about the same place on the believeability spectrum as Yanukovich.

And lest we forget, Boris Yeltsin was president of Russia. It's hardly a qualification as a credible analyst of the current situation.

And worse than that either by threats or voluntarily he imposed Putin as his successor, so hardly someone unbiased...

[Ticktock]

Who'd buy shares in Russian companies anyway, at least with bitcoins you know some of the exchanges aren't owned by the mafia

Putin, Russian oligarchs who prop him up, the Russian owners and senior execs of those companies...
Russian shares tanking, along with it's currency being dumped, hurts exactly those people who can make Putin back down. His message would probably be to hold the line and things will return to normal, they will be rewarded, or similar.
The Russian people are unlikely to do anything, it's only the new aristocracy who stand a chance of forcing a de-escalation from within Russia.

[MicrosoftBob]

Putin, Russian oligarchs who prop him up, the Russian owners and senior execs of those companies...
Russian shares tanking, along with it's currency being dumped, hurts exactly those people who can make Putin back down. His message would probably be to hold the line and things will return to normal, they will be rewarded, or similar.
The Russian people are unlikely to do anything, it's only the new aristocracy who stand a chance of forcing a de-escalation from within Russia.

GPWM